Patents by Inventor Geun Kwon

Geun Kwon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110056249
    Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20110047717
    Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: In Ho CHO, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20110047716
    Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: In Ho CHO, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Chol, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 7899081
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transceiving additional data using unallocated slots of a header of a frame used in a broadcast system are provided. A data transceiving apparatus includes a data transmitter for encoding, modulating, and transmitting a broadcast frame including a first region containing broadcast data and a second region containing additional data and a data receiver for receiving the broadcast frame, extracting at least any of the broadcast data and the additional data from the broadcast frame, and processing the broadcast data and the additional data independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
    Inventor: Seong Geun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20110030149
    Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20100315230
    Abstract: A disaster information handling method based on a broadcasting system and a mobile terminal supporting the same is provided. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal, determining whether disaster information is present in the received broadcast signal, when disaster information is determined to be present in the received broadcast signal, extracting geographic data of a disaster area from the disaster information and extracting location data of a transmitting base station from the received broadcast signal, and performing an alert output operation according to the distance between a site indicated by the geographic data and a site indicated by the location data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Geun KWON, Soon Jin KIM, Ki Ryong KWON, Suk Hwan LEE
  • Patent number: 7796939
    Abstract: A digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) receiver and a method for notifying location information of the receiver is provided. The DMB receiver stores location information of each gap filler matched to a gap filter identification (GFID), and the gap filler relays digital multimedia broadcasting data transmitted from a satellite. The receiver performs receiving digital multimedia broadcasting data from the gap filler, detects the GFID of the gap filler from the received digital multimedia broadcasting data, detects location information of the gap filler by using the GFID and outputs the location information. Therefore, a user in motion may watch DMB without any risk of missing a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Seong Geun Kwon
  • Patent number: 7739710
    Abstract: A method is provided for registering and displaying digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) channels in a mobile terminal capable of receiving DMB. A selection of DMB mode is detected and electronic program guide (EPG) information is received. The received EPG information is analyzed and the analyzed received EPG information is divided into fixed program channel information and dynamic program channel information. The fixed program channel information is matched with a genre in which a fixed program channel has been registered, and a result of the matching is displayed. The dynamic program channel information is matched with a genre in which a dynamic program channel has been registered and a genre of a program currently being broadcast on the dynamic program channel, and a result of the matching is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seong-Geun Kwon, Dong-Han Kang
  • Patent number: 7694373
    Abstract: A control method for a spinning cycle in a washing machine is disclosed. The control method for a spinning cycle in a washing machine includes (a) step of performing a water-draining by rotating a motor at a predetermined speed lower than a resonance generation speed and (b) step of performing a main-spinning by rotating the motor at a speed higher than the resonance generation speed. The control method for a spinning cycle in a washing machine according to the present invention has an advantageous effect that over-vibration caused by unbalance may be controlled and that remaining water within the drum is drained smoothly and vibration/noise of a washing machine is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Dong Won Kang
  • Patent number: 7693411
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and auto-focusing method for the same are disclosed. The auto-focusing method uses a lens position error compensation and includes: detecting a target object during a photograph mode; determining a lens position at which a focus value gradient related to the detected target object changes sign while moving a lens of the camera module in units of one step size; and performing lens position compensation by moving the lens to the found lens position. As a result, the lens position errors caused by a conventional a voice coil motor are compensated, thereby providing rapid and fine auto-focusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sansung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Geun Kwon, Chan Ho Han
  • Patent number: 7657056
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for processing image data in a portable terminal equipped with a camera. In the apparatus the image data photographed by the camera are coded by a predetermined coding scheme in a photographing mode of the camera, header information of a stream of the coded image data is generated and inserted into the stream, identifying information is generated as a watermark and the watermark is inserted into the stream, and the stream comprising the watermark is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Geun Kwon, Jeon-Man Park, Dong-Han Kang, Jae-Gwan Shin
  • Patent number: 7639292
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for improving image quality in an image sensor, where a black level of a photographed image is calibrated and luminance of an image signal is expanded within the allowable range of luminance through knee correction for the image signal in which the black level is calibrated. Interpolation for restoring a dead pixel may be achieved before gamma correction for image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Geun Kwon, Kuhn-Il Lee, Kyu-Ik Sohng, Chan-Ho Han, Soo-Wook Jang, Eun-Su Kim
  • Patent number: 7567285
    Abstract: An optical device for a camera including a lens array for focusing incident optical signals, a window glass positioned in front of the lens array to prevent alien substances from contacting the lens array, and a barrel for retaining the lenses of the lens array, wherein each lens of the lens array is coated with multi-layered thin films to suppress respective reflection waves of incident optical signals having different wavelengths, and of such a thickness that causes the phase of reflection waves reflected through the thin films to be the inverse of the phase of reflection waves reflected at the surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Geun Kwon, Kuhn-Il Lee, Kyu-Ik Sohng
  • Publication number: 20090139274
    Abstract: A drum-type washing machine is disclosed. The drum-type washing machine includes a case formed with an opening part for receiving therethrough laundry to be washed, a door opening and closing the opening part, a tub mounted in the case to receive wash water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, and a path compensation unit disposed at an inner lower end of the tub to facilitate flow of fluid while the drum is rotating. According to this drum-type washing machine, the dehydration efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyu Hwan LEE, Hee Tae Lim, Jae Hyun Choi, Ig Geun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20090128713
    Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver and channel switching method are provided for minimizing channel switching latency by skipping an unnecessary PMT update and PIDs reset processes. A channel switching method for a digital broadcast receiver detects a channel-switching command for switching to a service channel, checks a first version of information of a currently received program mapping table received on the service channel upon detecting the channel-switching command, compares the first version of information with a second version of information of an previously received and stored program mapping table, configures the digital broadcast receiver with a set of packet identifiers (PIDs) associated with the service channel according to a version information comparison result, and performs channel switching to the service channel using the set of PIDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Seong Geun KWON
  • Publication number: 20090071199
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine is disclosed. The drum type washing machine includes a tub mounted in a case, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, and a tilt reduction unit for reducing the downward tilt degree of the tub and the drum when laundry to be cleaned is received into the drum. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the downward tilt degree of the tub and the drum, and therefore, it is possible to increase the capacities of the tub and the drum without the modification of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ig-geun Kwon, Hee-tae Lim, Heung-gi Kim, Jung-tae Song, Suk-yun Moon
  • Publication number: 20090071202
    Abstract: A washing machine having a lifter is disclosed. The washing machine comprises a housing; a tub provided in the housing and holding washing water therein; a drum rotatably mounted in the tub and receiving laundry therein; and a lifter mounted to an inner surface of the drum to lift the laundry while rotating along with the drum, wherein the lifter is formed to have a nonlinear shape, and wherein the lifter is oriented such that a centerline thereof forms a predetermined angle with respect to a rotational axis of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyu Hwan Lee, Hee Tae Lim, Jae Hyun Choi, Ig Geun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20090072683
    Abstract: A clothes refreshing apparatus is disclosed. The clothes refreshing apparatus includes a cabinet forming an external appearance, a drum which is installed in the cabinet and provides a space in which clothes are loaded and refreshed, a front panel which forms a front surface of the cabinet and has a loading port through which the clothes are loaded into the drum, and a door which is installed to open and close the loading port, wherein the door is formed to have a vertical length equal to or larger than a vertical length of side surfaces of the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung-tae Song, Hee-tae Lim, Suk-yun Moon, Ig-geun Kwon, Heung-gi Kim
  • Publication number: 20090064725
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a washing machine having high reliability. The washing machine includes a housing, a tub provided in the housing for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub for washing laundry, a door having an outer frame and an inner frame secured to an inside of the outer frame, for opening/closing an opening in the housing such that the housing is in communication with the drum, a hinge arm joining the housing and the door, and rotatably coupled to the housing and the door respectively, and a holder provided between the outer frame and the inner frame for holding a portion of the hinge arm arranged in the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hee Tae Lim, Heung Gi Kim, Jung Tae Song, Suk Yun Moon, Ig Geun Kwon
  • Patent number: 7499095
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for auto-focusing in a mobile terminal having a camera module which can automatically photograph an image in optimum focus when the camera function is used are provided. The apparatus and method comprise detecting the subject by performing a preview mode in a camera mode; detecting and storing a focus value while moving the lens by increasing/decreasing electrical current in stages based on a focus characteristic of the detected subject, determining based on a presently-detected focus value and a previously-stored focus value if a slope has changed, and detecting an optimum focus value from a focus value at which the slope has changed; and performing a tracking mode to track a focus in a predetermined zone which includes the detected focus value at a center of the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Geun Kwon, Chan-Ho Han